ICS PTSA NEWSLETTER

February 18, 2024

See the ICS Calendar for more upcoming event dates.

FROM THE PTSA

PTSA MEMBERSHIP

We are close to qualifying for the 100% Washington State PTSA participation award! This is an important milestone for us because as a unique choice school, we NEED high parent involvement for our community to thrive.

Joining the PTSA is FREE. Please follow this link to our easy, 1-minute online form and join today!

AP PROCTORS NEEDED FOR MAY 2024 TESTING

ICS students take their AP tests at LWHS campus or at the district office and rely on the LWHS team to host our students. Let’s do our part and help by providing proctors so that AP testing can run smoothly this year! AP testing takes place between May 6 - May 24 at all comprehensive high schools and the district office. Hours are variable and come with an hourly stipend. Proctor hours also count as ICS family volunteer hours.

If you are able to help, please contact Laura Morgan, lmorgan@lwsd.org, to review proctor qualifications and discuss next steps.

STUDENT POETRY TO BE FEATURED ON PUBLIC TRANSIT

Congratulations to three ICS juniors—Jasmine Zhen, Maxim Baryshnikov, and Ashwari Shende—and Ms. Jackson for having their poems accepted to the 2024 Poetry in Public: Places of Landing. Through a submission process open to all King County residents, their poems were selected to be shared with the public on transit (buses, light rail, stations, and website) in 2024!

Jasmine is also “one of 52 poets whose poems will be shared on social media, with a professional portrait and audio recording. These poems will be shared weekly starting in Spring 2024 on 4Culture’s social media channels and will be available all year on www.4culture.org/poetry."

VOLUNTEERING

NEW VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITY - ICS INTERIOR CLEANING

Let’s make ICS clean, shiny, and healthy before the school year ends! Please join us for the ICS Interior Cleaning Event on Tuesday, February 27, 5:30 PM-8:00 PM.

Cleaning supplies will be provided, along with food and drinks. We will wipe desks and chairs, vacuum and sweep classrooms and hallways, and wipe windows and doors.

Earn you last volunteer hours this year with your immediate family - please no kids under grade 6. Please bring a vacuum cleaner, if you can. 

Please RSVP here.

HELP! WE STILL NEED A BADMINTON COACH!

We have a Badminton Club starting this February! We need a parent to step forward to coach. The club will be Mondays and Thursday from 3:00 PM - 4:30 PM for 8 weeks. Would you be interested in teaching this fun sport to ICS Students? Please reach out to president@icsptsa.org.

STILL SEEKING: BUILDING BATTLE OF BOOKS VOLUNTEERS!

We will be having our annual Building Battle of the Books Challenge after school on Wednesday, March 20.

We need a few more parent volunteers to be table judges. Time is after school 1:15 PM and we will probably finish by 2:45 PM.



Please review the available slots and sign up.

REPEATED ARTICLES

ICS STUDENTS ADVANCE TO STATE LEVEL MATH COMPETITION

In the MATHCOUNTS Chapter level competition held on Feb 3, 2024, two ICS 8th grade students, Lucas Lin and Jiayi Zhu, advanced as winners at Chapter level, and will compete in State level competition, to be held in March, with winners from other Chapters to compete 4 seats for the National Competition.

In total, twelve ICS mathletes, winners of MATHCOUNTS School level competition (organized by ICS PTSA Math Club in Dec 2023), participated in Chapter level competition on February 3, together with over 150 students from other middle schools in Kirkland, Bellevue, Redmond, and Sammamish.

Congratulations to all the ICS mathletes for their achievements during the preparation and participation!

To learn more about Math Club, email vpactivities@icsptsa.org.

FINAL DATES FOR PE WAIVER HELP

Coach Vogt will be assisting students through the PE Waiver Process. Study sessions will be on the following MONDAYS in the Lyceum from 3:00 PM to 3:45 PM: February 26 & March 4.

Encourage your 10th, 11th or 12th grade students to attend these sessions and complete their waivers! There are three opportunities per year to submit waiver applications and the final deadline for this school year is March 6th. For questions, contact president@icsptsa.org.

ICS SKI BUS WAITLIST

ICS Ski Bus may have single seats available for those who are interested to join for unsupervised free skiing/riding at Alpental for the last two trips of the year - February 21 and 28. Open to ICS Students, siblings and friends. Cost: $60 per person per bus ride. If interested, and more information, please fill out the waitlist form, or contact Boris Baryshnikov.